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A large 1,000 gallon propane tank was also thrown out into a farm field, a Jeep was rolled, a lawn tractor was found wrapped around a tree, and aerial imagery revealed ground scouring along this segment of the path.
A 23,000-liter (6,000-gallon) oil tank, caught in the current, struck a high tension wire and exploded, causing additional mayhem. The burning oil ignited the Phillips Petroleum Company oil tanks, which went up with a roar that rocked downtown Kansas City. Soon, eight city blocks were aflame as dozens of oil tanks exploded in a chain reaction ...
Jan. 27, 1908 - Lightning struck tank number 3 of the Union Oil Co. tank farm at Avila. The bolt struck at 3:30 p.m. and ignited the oil stored in the tank. [8] October 5, 1913 - A spark from a passing locomotive was blamed for starting a fire, in a 250,000 gallon tank of distillate oil at the San Diego Standard Oil tank yard.
Numerous trees and power poles were snapped in this area as well. Maintaining EF2 to EF3 intensity, the tornado then narrowly missed the Marathon Petroleum Oil Refinery just southeast of Robinson, obliterating several manufactured homes and outbuildings, partially destroying a frame home, and inflicting roof damage to other homes.
A year ago, the average gas price in the Midwest region was 5% lower at $3.24 per gallon. >> INTERACTIVE: See how your area's gas prices have changed over the years at data.news-leader.com .
A pipeline leaked up to 1,000 gallons of oil in Signal Hill, California. [431] A contractor ruptured a jet fuel pipeline in Parkland, Washington. [432] A natural gas explosion and fire struck the Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Workers may have been moving a gas meter when the explosion hit, killing two people and injuring at least ...